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August 15, 2025
FSIS Extends Deadline to July 1, 2026, for Retained Water Labeling Changes
In the January 17, 2025, Federal Register and February 14, 2025, Constituent Update, FSIS announced that establishments with an updated retained water protocol would have until January 1, 2026, to make any necessary label changes.
In response to requests from the poultry industry, FSIS is extending that timeline to give establishments until July 1, 2026, to make any necessary label changes. As was previously announced, the Office of Field Operations will start reviewing establishments’ retained water protocols on December 1, 2025. Questions regarding retained water can be sent to the Office of Policy and Program Development through askFSIS by selecting the “New Technology, Innovations” Inquiry Type.
FSIS Updated Import Presented Refused and Import Refusal Reason Datasets
As of August 15, 2025, FSIS updated the Import Presented Refused and Import Refusal Reason datasets on the Import and Export Data page. The Import Presented Refused dataset includes lot-level information for import volume along with import refusal data at the lot-level. The Import Refusal Reason is provided as a secondary dataset, if each refusal reason as its own row to facilitate analysis.
The Import Presented Refused and Import Refusal Reason datasets are updated monthly and posted the third Friday of each month, with data broken out by fiscal year (FY), starting with data from FY 2014 (starting on October 1, 2013) through the most recent FY. These datasets are released in an open, non-proprietary comma separated values (csv) format. Instructions on how to open csv files using Excel are available on the FSIS Sampling web page in the Comma Separated Values Guide section.
Policy Update
FSIS notices and directives on public health and regulatory issues are available on the FSIS Policy webpage. The following policy update was recently issued:
FSIS Notice 19-25 - Annual Leave Accrual For Pay Period 25
FSIS Notice 20-25 - Tuition Reimbursement Program
FSIS Notice 21-25 - Public Health Information System Questionnaire Task To Identify Secondary Siluriformes Processors
FSIS Notice 22-25 - Electronic Submission For Retirement Applications
FSIS Notice 23-25 - USDA Material Management Service Center End Of Fiscal Year Inventory and Reconciliation Closure
FSIS Notice 24-25 - Leave Bank Program 2025 Open Enrollment Period For The 2026 Leave Year
FSIS Notice 25-25 - Restoration of Forfeited Annual Leave
FSIS Directive 9900.1 - Imported Product Shipment Presentation – Revision 2
Export Requirements Update
The Library of Export Requirements has been updated for products for the following:
- Netherlands
- Nigeria
- Cuba
- Dominican Republic
- Chile
- Mexico
- Jamaica
- Azerbaijan
- European Union
- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
- St. Lucia
- Egypt
- New Zealand
- Korea
Complete information can be found at the FSIS Import & Export Library.
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